Donald Trump’s team is pissed after journalist Bob Woodward detailed all the evidence that the former president is close to the Russian leader.

Donald Trump’s campaign team is lashing out against a journalist following news that the former president secretly kept in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving the Oval Office.

A statement put out by Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, is rife with ad hominem attacks against journalist Bob Woodward, calling him a “total sleazebag,” “an angry, little man,” “a truly demented and deranged man,” and also “a boring person with no personality.”


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    28 days ago

    The headline shouldn’t be about Trumps hurt feelings, but about the book and the ties to Putin.

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      27 days ago

      And about how this is a legitimate and respected investigative journalist. I had to double check that it was the same Woodward from watergate, and it is

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      28 days ago

      such headline is out there as well. you can report about multiple things at once. and the fact trump is angry gives credibility to the report.

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        27 days ago

        If the article were specifically about his reaction to the revelations, it still shouldn’t mention his hurt feelings, it should be about him not denying any of it